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A visit to the Shady Grove Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Since our focus is on geography, we don't have burial or interment information. Nor do we have any contact information for the Shady Grove Cemetery. For information of that nature, we suggest the Find-A-Grave <1> website: The Shady Grove Cemetery (FG ID #68933)

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.

Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.

The Location of the Shady Grove Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Shady Grove Cemetery

Lat:   31.6190°   (31° 37' 8")

Lon:   -92.7407°   (-92° 44' 26")

The Shady Grove Cemetery is located in Grant Parish<2>.

The parish seat for Grant Parish is located in Colfax. Colfax lies just to the south southeast of the Shady Grove Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 21 that are within 12 miles [19.3 km]<3> of the Shady Grove Cemetery.<4>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Shady Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first.

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 22 communities are within 10 miles [16.1 km]<3> of the Shady Grove Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Shady Grove Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • Marco
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Marco. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marco
    • Marco is located in Natchitoches Parish
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Marco
    • From the Shady Grove Cemetery to Marco
  • Colfax
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Montgomery
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montgomery have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montgomery
    • Montgomery is located in Grant Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 716 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montgomery <7>
  • Cloutierville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Lena
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Black Creek ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Creek have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Creek
    • Black Creek is located in Grant Parish
  • Rock
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock
    • Rock is located in Rapides Parish
  • Fairmount
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Dry Prong
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dry Prong have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dry Prong
    • Dry Prong is located in Grant Parish
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 430 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dry Prong <7>
  • Atlanta
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Derry
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Derry. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Derry
    • Derry is located in Natchitoches Parish
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Derry
    • From the Shady Grove Cemetery to Derry
  • Melrose
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Melrose have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
    • Melrose is located in Natchitoches Parish
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Melrose <7>
  • Continue List   (10 more) ...
    • Zimmerman
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
    • Whitford
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Flatwoods
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Boyce
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Boyce have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyce
      • Boyce is located in Rapides Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 968 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Boyce <7>
    • Bentley
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Saint Maurice
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Maurice have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Maurice
      • Saint Maurice is located in Winn Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Maurice <7>
    • Gorum
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gorum have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gorum
      • Gorum is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gorum <7>
    • Stay
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Couley
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Couley have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Couley
      • Couley is located in Winn Parish
    • Natchez
      (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Natchez have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natchez
      • Natchez is located in Natchitoches Parish
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 591 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Natchez <7>

For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

Nearby communities with newspapers ...

The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Shady Grove Cemetery. The following communities are located in Grant Parish.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Shady Grove Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

  • Colfax
    • Colfax lies 7 miles [11.3 km]<3> to the South Southeast (SSE) of the Shady Grove Cemetery.
    • Jump to our list of Local Newspapers for Colfax.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colfax
  • Montgomery

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Shady Grove Cemetery:

Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...

Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Shady Grove Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #539271  (Shady Grove Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #539271 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Colfax
    • County: Grant         Elev: 48
    • Location given for GNIS #539271 (Shady Grove Cemetery)
  • Referenced Find-A-Grave Entry:  #68933

The official website for State of Louisiana: https://www.louisiana.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Louisiana's parishes, including Grant, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Shady Grove Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.6190, Longitude: -92.7407    
<4>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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